Early voting continues

Feb. 19, 2014 at 10:04 p.m.Updated Feb. 18, 2014 at 8:19 p.m.

After two days of early voting, 355 people have voted in person in the Victoria County Republican and Democratic parties' primaries.

On Wednesday, 148 people voted in person in the GOP election and 29 in the Democratic primary. On Tuesday, 138 voted in the Republican primary and 40 in the Democratic primary, according to a news release from the Victoria County Election Administrator's office.

So far, 545 of the 1,323 ballots mailed in the GOP primary and 195 of the 363 ballots mailed in the Democratic primary have been returned.

Early voting in person continues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through Feb. 28 at the Dr. Pattie Dodson Public Health Center, 2805 N. Navarro St. in Classroom A. Enter the facility through the center doors.

Extended hours for early voting in person are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 27-28.

Early voting by mail applications will be accepted through Friday. Because early voting in person has begun the applications for a ballot by mail must be received by mail and not delivered in person.